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The Edmonton welcome sign when entering the city normally reads "city of champions" but was changed recently to read "city of speed traps." Other signs had similarly tongue-in-cheek alterations.Photo: Leguderjan / reddit

If your letters to the mayor don’t get any response, you can always take your frustrations to the city’s welcome signs. That’s what some frustrated pranksters have done in Edmonton, changing the “city of champions” signs welcoming people as they enter the city to complain about road construction, speed traps and Calgary (naturally).

One highway into Edmonton from the west now welcomes visitors with the catchy slogan “city of speed traps.” And driving in from the east, you might be warned about “road construction city.” It’s all enough to make Edmonton the “city of shenanigans,” as yet another sign declares.

The best sign, however, was reserved for Calgarians: “Suck it Calgary.”

Six of 10 welcome signs into the city were defaced — and very thoroughly at that. The Edmonton Journal reports the replacement signs were glued on using construction adhesive, then screwed in for extra security.

As for who’s responsible, a City of Edmonton spokesperson admitted to the paper, “We have no idea.”